Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-08

and that there was no place On the Atlantic
coast that possessed greater facilities for
shipbuilding than Alexandria.
The American Protestant Association, an
American organization, as one of the men,
hers informed the GAZETTE's correspondent,
of forty wears standing, and the chief OBJ
iects of which arc 10 promote public schools
and have the Bible read in them, met here
to-day, with delegates from many States,
chiefly, however, from the North.
MIR. jay Gould's yacht Atalanta, whose
arrival was noticed in yesterdays GAZETTE,
still lies off Geisboro. She is said to be the
handsomest piece of marine work ever seen
here, her interior, and even her decks, look.
ing too fine to be trod upon with leather
shoes. The sailing yacht Peerless, Of New
York, passed her this morning on her way
down the river, and was saluted by her.
Some of her party came up to the city to
day in her launch, which has recorded
speed of twenty-one knots an hour. Mr.
Jay Gould, his wife and three children, ar
rived on the yacht, and arc in the city TO
day.
Mr.. Corcoran's condition to day is the
same as it was yesterday. His appette Is
as good as usual, and saving the loss OF SEN
sibility-not of motion-in one nall OF MS
BODY, he seems as well as ever, and does not
realize the fact that his life hangs by
thread and weak one at that.
E. n. Taft, counsel for Sutton ~ co, OF
New York, representing the clipper snip
lines. read q statement before the inter State
commerce commission today in opposition to
the application Of the trans continental rail-
road lines to be relieved from the operation OF
the fourth section of the law. In referring TO
what he understood TO be an agreement be-
tween the trans continental lines and the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company to en-
deayor to secure the suspension OF Inc l0nrtn
section, Mr.. Taft said that George Gould Is
prominent candidate for the presidency OF
one of these lines, so that the relations be-
tween the companies promise to resemble
marriage of royal families. AS illustrating
the nature Of the competition which the
clipper lines are compelled to meet, MIR.
Taft produced q tariff sheet of the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company, Offering to
take freghls for California from several
hundred interior Eastern cities and towns
at the through rate charged from New York
to California. He said that this virtually
amounted to rebate TO these points. II
the clipper lines took freight from Newburgh
for California, they would require the ship
per to pay charges from the interior town
to New York city Mr.. Tait submitted a
written b>ief containing more elaborate
exposition of his views than he cared to
make orally.
In the speech which Mr.. Johnson, Chief
Clerk of the U. S. Senate, made at Mime
apois on Decoration Day, ne used the fol-
| lowing words "When our veterans are
attaeked-as Sherman was a year or so ago
by Jefferson Davis, and as Sheridan was a
few weeks ago by the Confederate cavalry.
man upon whom Minneapolis has showered
! honors, emouments. and a generous wei.
come-they must be defended. We need
not copjure up Andersonvile and the hor-
rors of Libby prison, and the atrocities OF
Forrest, Mergen and Quantrell, to shame
the detractors of the general of our army"
A dispatch received at the White House this
morning from Col Lamont states that the Presi-
Dental party will return Friday night.
| gentleman from Petersburg here to-day says
Gen. Malone is preparing plan for the settle.
ment of the public debt of his state which he will
shortly announce and which he says should be
satisfactory to bo the State and her creditors